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Sunday, December 24, 2006

Meet my austrian helicopter teacher Blacky

I started to fly helicopters in October 2006. Red Bull chief Pilot Sigi aka "Blacky" Schwarz helped me out with a 10 hours in a Bell 47 turbine owned by the flying bulls in Austria. He is also one of the very rare aerobatic helicopter pilots in the world.Together with German military pilot Rainer Wilke "Blacky" arrived at the beginning of December for a 2 week training sassion in helicopter aerobatics. And there is no doubt that these guys know how to handele their business!!

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About Me

Born in Austria on the 20th of April 1969.
Started skydiving in 1986 at the age of 17. Later I joined the army for 5 years as tank driver, drill instructor and became a military skydiver. Started BASE jumping in 1996 with my first jump on Bridge Day in West Virginia. Came back in 1997 and won the Bridge Day Championships with just 34 BASE jumps! After that Red Bull hooked up as a full time sponsor.
Now I am busy travelling around the world to step of Buildings, Antennas, Bridges and Cliffs.
I am still hanging out with the guy who gave me the first step into the great world of BASE jumping - his name?
Tracy Lee Walker Texas,
Thank you brother